Francis the Talking Mule

Francis the Talking Mule was a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s. The character originated in a novel by writer David Stern, and soon Universal Studios bought the rights for a film series, with Stern adapting his own script for the first entry, simply titled Francis.

Films

• Francis (1950) (aka Francis the Talking Mule)
• Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
• Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
• Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
• Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
• Francis in the Navy (1955)
• Francis in the Haunted House (1956}